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Loading lever catch, New Uberti 1861 Navy Civilian

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brownie:
One more thing I forgot mention during my "review" of the subject gun, the loading lever catch has a spring that seems to be about five times heavier than it ought to be. Comparing its resistance factor to my two other 2nd Gen. Colts, and my Uberti '58 Remington, it takes far more pressure to retract the catch to release the loading lever.

Therefore my question is; has anybody ever encountered this issue, and created a fix for it? 
I can envision driving out the pin and snipping a coil or two off of the spring or maybe just get a hardware store replacement.
I can see were this operation would require great care so as not to allow the catch to go flying into some obscure corner of your shop never to be found.
Thanks,
Brownie

Navy Six:
Just a thought before you do anything. When shooting my Uberti 61 Navies with round ball and 18grs of 3F Swiss I never have a problem with the loading lever. The same 18 gr load using a 130 gr heel bullet(Accurate Molds) the lever will occasionally drop. Same thing with Uberti 1860 Armies.  No problem with round ball but a 200gr+(I forget the exact weight) heel bullet (again Accurate Molds) will sometimes drop the lever. Now, those times the lever dropped, did I neglect to seat it all the way? If so then Mea Culpa but the fact is the levers only drop when using the heavier bullets.

Hawg:
Personally I wouldn't worry about it.

Bishop Creek:
I have discovered that it is better to have a loading lever that is too tight as opposed to too loose.

AntiqueSledMan:
Hello brownie,

If it is really to tight, I'd try a replacement rather then cut your original.
By going this route, you can always go back to what it was.

AntiqueSledMan.

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